Maqpoon will assume office after taking oath during this week.
PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon was appointed governor Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday, reported Radio Pakistan.
Maqpoon is the Gilgit-Baltistan chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and will assume the new role after taking oath, administered by the chief judge of the Supreme Appellate Court, later this week.
The senior PTI leader from G-B will become the sixth governor of the northern administrative territory.
The post was vacated after Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan resigned as G-B governor earlier in September, following a controversy triggered by an alleged leaked video.
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Khan’s family sources had also confirmed the resignation, claiming he resigned due to change of government at the Centre.
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“He didn’t think it was appropriate for him to cling on to the post as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had formed government at the centre and it was their prerogative to appoint a fresh governor in the state,” said a family member.
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